Today marks the feast of Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mary and the grandparents of Jesus. They don’t appear in canonical scriptures; lacking source material, generations of Christians have looked for them in themselves.
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Some traditions about Mary, the Mother of God, elevate her purity and virtues to an almost divine level. I first encountered
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The month of May offers multiple opportunities to learn and reflect on how the Spirit continues to move through Mary.
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I was obsessed with the Virgin Mary as a child. This was an odd fascination for a little girl who
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When an important celebration like the Annunciation falls in Holy Week, can we transfer it to a more palatable date? Liturgically, sure.
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The hero’s journey predates even our earliest holy scriptures.
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Today we remember the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary who, according to apocryphal sources, were named Joachim and Anne.
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I want to turn our attention to the short story in Luke’s Gospel, when Jesus goes missing.
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